Identity
Person No.
12339
Service No.
233006V
Last Name
First Name
Harold George
Initials
H G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,203
Drowned
Cause of Death
Drowned, in a boating accident in the sea near Diano Marina, Italy. While on a boating pleasure trip with some friends, he fell off the rowing boat in choppy seas and drowned
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Natal Carbineers 221
Later renamed
Natal Carbineers
(1961)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (1st Bn); 2nd Bn converted to armour 1939-45 as 6th Reconnaissance Regiment, SA Tank Corps (Egypt)
Status
Active Citizen Force
WWII-only split: 1st Battalion fought as infantry; 2nd Battalion converted to armour, later amalgamated with 4th Armoured Car Regiment as 4th/6th ACR. Not a permanent whole-regiment Corps change. No SADF-era (1974-92) brigade attachment found in available sources -- left unrecorded rather than guessed.
Notes
Son of John Henry and Johanna Elizabeth Kirton, of 16 Wellington Street, King William's Town, Cape Province. Born King William's Town. A student prior to service. He was unmarried.
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